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anarchism

[ an-er-kiz-uhm ]

noun

  1. a doctrine urging the abolition of government or governmental restraint as the indispensable condition for full social and political liberty.
  2. the methods or practices of anarchists, as the use of violence to undermine government.


anarchism

/ ˈænəˌkɪzəm /

noun

  1. political theory a doctrine advocating the abolition of government
  2. the principles or practice of anarchists


anarchism

  1. The belief that all existing governmental authority should be abolished and replaced by free cooperation among individuals.


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Notes

Anarchy is sometimes used to refer to any state of chaos or lawlessness.

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Other Words From

  • pro·anar·chism noun
  • semi·anar·chism noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of anarchism1

First recorded in 1635–45; anarch(y) + -ism

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Example Sentences

True anarchism,” he wrote in 1940, “never justifies bloodshed.

They also brought labor unions, anarchism, socialism, and, of course, absinthe.

Maybe this is better than self-denying ascetic teenage subculture anarchism.

I confess, I don't think that Occupy's brand of lite-style anarchism is going to fill the bill.

But anarchism is a logical outgrowth of the anti-intellectual side of collectivism.

It was only the idle that foregathered and talked anarchism or even socialism; not those that cared to work.

This is the method of free association, or "Anarchism in intellectual production."

This formula is: "Communism in material production, Anarchism in intellectual production."

This is capitalistic anarchy, the worst of possible anarchism, and it must have an end soon or the world will be lost.

There is a close affinity between Anarchism and the idea of capitalism, for both place the individual above society.

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